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SpotlightRepairing the Spine Without Opening the Body: The Promise of Surgical Robotics

Bélinda Ibrahim 10:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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The spine has always symbolized human fragility. Operating on it once meant risking pain, complications, or even paralysis. Spine surgery traditionally involved large incisions, long recoveries, and deep scars. Now, in Nancy, a trio of pioneering doctors is redefining the rules with minimally invasive robotic spine surgery: a breakthrough that ...

US Politician Accused of Stealing $5 mn in Disaster Funds

This is Beirut 09:40 - Reading : less than a minute

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US prosecutors on Wednesday said a Florida politician has been indicted on allegations she stole $5 million in federal disaster funds and used the money to finance her 2021 campaign. Congresswoman Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, a Democrat elected from south Florida, is accused of teaming up with her brother and others to keep a $5 million ...

Dozens Injured in Czech Train Crash

This is Beirut 09:30 - Reading : less than a minute

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Forty-two people were injured when an express train crashed with a passenger train in the southern Czech Republic on Thursday, rescuers said. The accident occurred near the city of Ceske Budejovice about 150 kilometers (100 miles) south of Prague. "There are 40 people with light injuries and two with serious injuries," ambulance service ...

Trump Says Will Meet with New York Mayor-Elect Mamdani on Friday

This is Beirut 09:20 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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US President Donald Trump said he will host New York's mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani for a meeting Friday. Trump said on his Truth Social platform that the meeting "will take place at the Oval Office on Friday, November 21st." Mamdani's spokesperson Dora Pekec confirmed the meeting in a statement. "As is customary for an incoming mayoral ...

US Presses Ukraine to Cede Land as Russian Strikes Kill 26

This is Beirut 09:15 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

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A new US peace proposal would see Kyiv ceding land and more than halving its army, a source told AFP Wednesday, as a Russian strike in the west of Ukraine killed 26 people, including three children. The proposal appears to repeat Russia's maximalist terms to end the war -- demands consistently rejected by Ukraine as tantamount to ...

EditorialIran: The Swan Song!

Marc Saikali 08:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Some regimes govern with ideas; others thrive on chaos. Iran is clearly in the latter camp, lighting fires across the Middle East while hoping the smoke will hide its failures. Since 1982, Tehran has treated Lebanon—and its political-military proxy, Hezbollah—like a live grenade waved during negotiations: always a threat, never a plan. For ...

Trump Says Will Work to End Sudan War at MBS's Request

This is Beirut 19/11 22:01 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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US President Donald Trump vowed Wednesday to end Sudan's grinding civil war at the request of Saudi Arabia's crown prince, condemning "tremendous atrocities". Trump said that the devastating civil war between Sudan's army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) was "not on my charts" before de facto Saudi ...

ExplainerThe Takaichi Shock: Taiwan Reshapes the Power Balance

Moncef Ait-Kaci 19/11 21:15 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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The Statement That Sparked the Storm It began with a brief remark. On November 7, speaking to Japanese lawmakers, Sanae Takaichi warned that military action against Taiwan could threaten “Japan’s survival” and urged consideration of the “worst-case scenario.” Her comments quickly crossed the Taiwan Strait. Beijing responded almost ...

Trump and MBS Seal Massive Deals

Paul Guillot 19/11 21:13 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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The Saudi crown prince, welcomed to a lavish ceremony at the White House, revealed that the initial six hundred billion dollars in mega-deals would expand to nearly one trillion dollars, aiming to support Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 and reinforce strategic ties with the United States. Donald Trump, emphasizing his business deal skills, hailed the ...

UN Nuclear Head Renews Call for Iran to Allow Inspections at Key Sites

This is Beirut 19/11 20:20 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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The head of the UN nuclear agency on Wednesday renewed his call for Iran to allow inspections at key nuclear sites attacked by Israel and the United States in June. Tensions between Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) have repeatedly flared in recent years and were further inflamed after a 12-day war in June that saw Israeli ...

Netanyahu Visits Israeli Troops in Syria Beyond Ceasefire Line

This is Beirut 19/11 18:42 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday told Israeli troops deployed in Syria in a buffer zone intended to separate the two countries' forces that their presence was hugely important for safeguarding Israel. When Syrian president Bashar al-Assad was ousted from power in December last year, Israel sent troops into the UN-patrolled ...

U.S. Envoy Witkoff Not to Attend Zelensky-Erdogan Talks in Turkey

This is Beirut 19/11 16:50 - Reading : less than a minute

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U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff will not attend talks between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Turkey, a U.S. official said Wednesday. Zelensky will meet Erdogan in the Turkish capital, Ankara, on Wednesday afternoon, where he said they would "discuss the best ways to ensure Ukraine achieves a just ...